Improvement in felly-clips for vehicle-wheels



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

DAVID GRIM, OF FITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

' Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,050, dated J une 20, 1871.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID GRIM, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Felly-Clips, of Which the following is a specilication:

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

Myinvention consists of animproved method of securing the adjacent ends of carriage-fellies, the one to the other, by means of hollow dovetailed clips, which not only obviates the necessity of dowel-pins, but holds the ends of the i'ellies in place in a substantial, neat, and eiective manner.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

General Description.

As my invention is applicable to all kinds of carriage-wheels made with spokes and fel lies, no description of any particular Wheel is herein deemed necessary, as the object is to secure the ends of the fellies, A B constituting the rims of suoli Wheels where they abut the one against the other; and for this purpose they are to be surrounded by a metallic ferrule, C, supporting` a rib, D, which, when in place, rests upon and extends some distance along the tops of said fellies.

This rib is hollow on its under side, which hollow, S, reaches from end to end, and is of a dovetail shape,vas represented in its transversesection, Fig. 5, and so made as to slide over the heads and embrace the necks of a screw, e, inserted in and near the ends of each felly, by which the rib D is held rmly down in such a manner as to add greatly to the strength and stiffness oi' the joint.

Such are the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts that, while all lateral play ofthe joints is prevented, the screw-heads will slide along the hollow S of the rib D to admit the ends of the t'ellies AB being brought together bythe operation of setting the tire,77 Without in any Way interfering with the clip. And as the hollow rib D completelycovers the heads of the screws c c, they are not only prevented from getting out of place, but a substantial, neat, and ornamental iinisll is given to the wheel.

Claims.

I claiml. The hollow rib D, in combination with the screws c e, as ameans of securing the ends of carriage-fellies, in the manner shown and set forth.

2. The hollow rib D and screws e e, in combination with the ferrule (l, in the manner shown, for the purposes set forth.

v 3. Such construction ofthe hollow rib D as will cover the heads of the binding-screws c e and allow thein to slide therein, in the manner shown, for the purposes herein set'forth.

DAVID GRIM.

Witnesses PATRICK J. MAY, Y MICHAEL FLANAGAN. 

